| Front | rapporteur \rap-or-TUHR\ |
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| Back | noun 1. Someone appointed to investigate/monitor an issue, and compile and present the findings. 2. One who is designated to record the deliberations of a meeting. [From French rapporteur (reporter), from rapporter (to bring back, report), from apporter (to bring), from Latin portare (carry). Ultimately from the Indo-European root per- (to lead, pass over) that also gave us support, comport, petroleum, sport, passport, colporteur (a peddler of religious books), Swedish fartlek (a training technique), Norwegian fjord (bay), and Sanskrit parvat (mountain). The word rapporteur in French has various other meanings besides a reporter, such as an informer or a tattletale, and a protractor.] |
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